i tend to agree with the theory that bin laden is dead. surprising that this is put forth by the arab news though.and there’s this amusing article from…shock….a canadian (more on that in a future blog):

Here’s what we know about al-Qaeda: the Number One and Two guys haven’t been heard from since December; Number Three, Mohammed Atef, is dead; Number Four, Abu Zubaydah, is in U.S. custody; so are hundreds of others, 80% of them Saudis captured in Afghanistan. Not all Osama’s lieutenants are dead or in detention, but intelligence reports have spotted surviving individual members of his elite personal bodyguard in various spots around the globe, which would appear to suggest that they’ve been reassigned: There’s no point being a bodyguard when the body’s no longer in a state worth guarding.